DTB Podcast

By BMJ Group

The Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin (DTB) Podcast is your source for practical, independent, and evidence-based information on drugs, medication, and prescribing.

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DTB Podcast episodes:

August 22, 2022 September 2022 - healthcare costs, gout, metformin and B12, more on COI and carbetocin
In this podcast, James Cave (Editor-in-Chief) and David Phizackerley (Deputy Editor) talk about the September 2022 issue of DTB. They discuss a new national guideline on the management of gout (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/60/9/130). They highlight a safety update on the risk of vitamin B12 deficiency with metformin (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/60/9/131) and provide an overview of a study that analysed the way countries across Europe report payments made by pharmaceutical companies to healthcare professionals (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/60/9/135). They end the podcast with a discussion on the evidence for carbetocin in the prevention of postpartum haemorrhage (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/60/9/136).
The contact address for the DTB team is [email protected].
Please subscribe to the DTB podcast to get episodes automatically downloaded to your mobile device and computer. Also, please consider leaving us a review or a comment on the DTB Podcast iTunes podcast page (https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/dtb-podcast/id307773309). Thank you for listening.
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July 25, 2022 August 2022 - COI, STOMP/STAMP, BP deprescribing, amiodarone and bempedoic acid
In this podcast, James Cave (Editor-in-Chief) and David Phizackerley (Deputy Editor) talk about the August 2022 issue of DTB. They discuss progress in reducing use of psychotropic medications in adults and children with a learning disability, autism or both (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/60/8/114). They also provide an overview of a study that assessed the effect of deprescribing antihypertensive medication in older people (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/60/8/118) and talk about a national safety alert relating to amiodarone (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/60/8/116). They end the podcast with a discussion on the evidence for the lipid-lowering drug bempedoic acid and its effect on reducing low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol and the lack of evidence on clinical outcomes (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/60/8/120).
The contact address for the DTB team is [email protected].
Please subscribe to the DTB podcast to get episodes automatically downloaded to your mobile device and computer. Also, please consider leaving us a review or a comment on the DTB Podcast iTunes podcast page (https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/dtb-podcast/id307773309). Thank you for listening.
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33min
June 28, 2022 July 2022 - an e-letter, estradiol, APPGs, inclisiran and nitrofurantoin
In this podcast, James Cave (Editor-in-Chief) and David Phizackerley (Deputy Editor) provide an overview of the July 2022 issue of DTB. They discuss the proposed reclassification of estradiol vaginal tablets from Prescription Only Medicine to a Pharmacy medicine (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/60/7/98) and review a study that assessed pharmaceutical industry funding of All Party Parliamentary Groups (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/60/7/100). They talk about the evidence for the lipid-lowering drug inclisiran and its effect on reducing low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol and the lack of evidence on clinical outcomes (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/60/7/102). The editors also highlight a case report of acute lung toxicity caused by nitrofurantoin (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/60/7/108).
Please subscribe to the DTB podcast to get episodes automatically downloaded to your mobile device and computer. Also, please consider leaving us a review or a comment on the DTB Podcast iTunes podcast page (https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/dtb-podcast/id307773309). Thank you for listening.
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30min
May 26, 2022 June 2022 - a complaint, primary care spirometry, paracetamol and frailty, serotonin syndrome
In this podcast, James Cave (Editor-in-Chief) and David Phizackerley (Deputy Editor) provide an overview of the June 2022 issue of DTB. They discuss the impact that the cessation of spirometry services in primary care has had on diagnosing obstructive lung disease (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/60/6/82). They highlight two separate patient safety incident reports from the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch - confusion over the prescribed dose of oral morphine solution and the harm caused by a standard therapeutic dose of paracetamol in a frail older person (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/60/6/84). The editors also talk about an article on serotonin syndrome (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/60/6/88).
Please subscribe to the DTB podcast to get episodes automatically downloaded to your mobile device and computer. Also, please consider leaving us a review or a comment on the DTB Podcast iTunes podcast page (https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/dtb-podcast/id307773309). Thank you for listening.
Read the June issue: https://dtb.bmj.com/content/60/6
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21min
April 26, 2022 May 2022 - an apology, international drug bulletins, mirtazapine and oral antivirals for covid-19
In this podcast, James Cave (Editor-in-Chief) and David Phizackerley (Deputy Editor) provide an overview of the May 2022 issue of DTB. They talk about drug bulletins across the world and the role of the International Society of Drug Bulletins in supporting bulletins and ensuring that they are intellectually and financially independent (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/60/5/66). They review a study that assessed the use of mirtazapine for treating agitation in people with dementia (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/60/5/68). The editors also discuss the evidence behind two new oral antivirals that have been licensed for the treatment of covid-19 (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/60/5/73).
Please subscribe to the DTB podcast to get episodes automatically downloaded to your mobile device and computer. Also, please consider leaving us a review or a comment on the DTB Podcast iTunes podcast page (https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/dtb-podcast/id307773309). Thank you for listening.
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21min
March 22, 2022 DTB turns 60! Plus: conflicts of interest, harms from nitrofurantoin and hypertension in pregnancy
In this podcast, James Cave (Editor-in-Chief) and David Phizackerley (Deputy Editor) provide an overview of the April 2022 issue of DTB. They talk about DTB's 60th anniversary, the importance of independent scrutiny of new medicines and the need to question how medicines are licensed and used (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/60/4/50). They highlight the benefits of a comprehensive national register of conflicts of interest and discuss a study that compared a quadpill containing low doses of four antihypertensive agents with a standard dose of irbesartan (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/60/4/56). They also review a study that assessed clinicians' awareness of the harms from long-term use of nitrofurantoin (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/60/4/59) and provide an overview of an article on managing hypertension in pregnancy (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/60/4/60). The editors also look back at the very first issue of DTB that was published on 20th April 1962 (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/s1-1/1).
Please subscribe to the DTB podcast to get episodes automatically downloaded to your mobile device and computer. Also, please consider leaving us a review or a comment on the DTB Podcast iTunes podcast page (https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/dtb-podcast/id307773309). Thank you for listening.
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29min
February 22, 2022 March 2022 - Paracetamol and blood pressure, greener inhalers, harms from medicines and naldemedine
In this podcast, James Cave (Editor-in-Chief) and David Phizackerley (Deputy Editor) provide an overview of the March 2022 issue of DTB. They talk about paracetamol and its effect on blood pressure and discuss progress on moving to inhalers that have less of an impact on the environment (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/60/3/34). The editors review a study that examined harms from medicines (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/60/3/37) and discuss the use of naldemedine in the management of opioid-induced constipation (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/60/3/39).
Please subscribe to the DTB podcast to get episodes automatically downloaded to your mobile device and computer. Also, please consider leaving us a review or a comment on the DTB Podcast iTunes podcast page (https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/dtb-podcast/id307773309). Thank you for listening.
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23min
January 25, 2022 Overprescribing, overuse of short-acting beta agonists, inflammatory bowel disease in pregnancy
In this podcast, James Cave (Editor-in-Chief) and David Phizackerley (Deputy Editor) provide an overview of the February 2022 issue of DTB. They talk about some of the details from a national report on overprescribing and discuss its implications (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/60/2/18). The editors review a study that highlighted overprescribing of short-acting beta agonists in people with asthma (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/60/2/21). They also discuss an article on prescribing for women of childbearing age who have inflammatory bowel disease and managing medicines during pregnancy (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/60/2/24).
Please subscribe to the DTB podcast to get episodes automatically downloaded to your mobile device and computer. Also, please consider leaving us a review or a comment on the DTB Podcast iTunes podcast page (https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/dtb-podcast/id307773309). Thank you for listening.
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22min
December 18, 2021 January 2022 - Molnupiravir, potentially harmful prescribing and antidepressant withdrawal reactions
In this podcast, James Cave (Editor-in-Chief) and David Phizackerley (Deputy Editor) provide an overview of the January 2022 issue of DTB. They discuss the UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency's decision to license the oral antiviral drug molnupiravir (Lagevrio) and the paucity of publicly available clinical trial data - https://dtb.bmj.com/content/60/1/2. The editors talk about a study that highlighted potentially inappropriate prescribing in middle-aged adults - https://dtb.bmj.com/content/60/1/6. They also review an article on some of the challenges facing people when they try to stop taking antidepressants - https://dtb.bmj.com/content/60/1/7.
Please subscribe to the DTB podcast to get episodes automatically downloaded to your mobile device and computer. Also, please consider leaving us a review or a comment on the DTB Podcast iTunes podcast page (https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/dtb-podcast/id307773309). Thank you for listening.
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29min
November 22, 2021 Dec 2021 - Overprescribing, BP monitor accuracy, topical steroids, and bremelanotide and flibanserin
In this podcast, James Cave (Editor-in-Chief) and David Phizackerley (Deputy Editor) provide an overview of the December issue of DTB. They discuss a recently published national report on overprescribing of medicines. The editors talk about a study that assessed the accuracy of home blood pressure monitors (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/59/12/179) and highlight a safety alert on topical steroid withdrawal reactions (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/59/12/184). They also review an article on the US Food and Drug Administration's decision to license bremelanotide and flibanserin for 'hypoactive sexual desire disorder’ in women (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/59/12/185).
Please subscribe to the DTB podcast to get episodes automatically downloaded to your mobile device and computer. Also, please consider leaving us a review or a comment on the DTB Podcast iTunes podcast page (https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/dtb-podcast/id307773309). Thank you for listening.
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